The V8 Sleuth Podcast
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Updated about 24 hours agoV8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan chats one-on-one with icons and stars of Australian motorsport. Along with the big wins and the big moments, Noonz digs a step deeper and unearths a few forgotten tales and funny stories from their racing lives.
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V8SP: Chris Lambden (Part 1)
We’re talking to longtime motorsport identity Chris Lambden on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Perhaps best known now as the creator of S5000, an editor of Auto Action, the founding editor of Motorsport News and a touring car racer in his own right, Lambden has been around motorsport for over five decades. In the first part of our two-part chat, Lambden talks about his years racing karts in New Zealand and overseas, which brought him into the orbit of karting guru Terry Fullerton and his chief rival, a young Brazilian named Ayrton Senna da Silva. He also talks about his first publishing effort, his move to Australia and his time as editor of Auto Action. Lambden also chats about his move into touring car racing, getting a reference letter from Peter Brock for his driving, buying the 1987 Bathurst-winning Holden (and crashing it…) and how he nearly gave Craig Lowndes his first Bathurst 1000 start. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A - The ‘Candyman’, WPS Falcons’ fate, Sandown-Bathurst doubles
You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The fate of WPS Racing’s Ford Falcon V8 Supercars - When Supercars’ pit lane garage order became dictated by the Teams Championship - Safety Car wave-around rules at the Bathurst 12 Hour - Our take on the removal of in-car anti-roll bar adjusters in Gen3 Supercars - The first motor race to be broadcast in colour on Australian TV - The time that ‘The Candyman’ couldn’t - How and why the start and finish lines at Mount Panorama are not one and the same - The most successful driver combos at the Sandown 500 and which ones went on to win Bathurst - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ TICKETS! V8 Sleuth Open Night with Garth Tander at the Bathurst 12 Hour >> http://bit.ly/3wsIUjW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Teams racing to finish new Gen3 cars
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by the latest from teams as the debut of the Gen3 platform nears and teams push to finish their cars in time for pre-season testing. The Garage: https://garage.repco.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Open Night with Garth Tander @ the Bathurst 12 Hour: https://bit.ly/3wsIUjW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A - Project Blueprint, Privateer’s Dashes, Pace Car Sleuthing
We’re back for 2023 and we’re answering your questions! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The last pre-Project Blueprint chassis to compete in the ‘main game’ - Who was the most successful driver in the Privateer’s Dashes from the late 1990s? - Nissan’s Bathurst-winning GT-Rs … or should that be GT-R? - The fate of the Gen3 prototypes - Holden’s most loyal ATCC/Supercars driver - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ TICKETS! V8 Sleuth Open Night with Garth Tander at the Bathurst 12 Hour >> http://bit.ly/3wsIUjW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Charlie O’Brien (Part 2)
We’re talking to Charlie O’Brien on our final episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco for 2022. In the last part of our two-part chat, Charlie talks about his years driving at the Bathurst 1000 for Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson and Tony Longhurst, his years racing NASCAR in Australia and his disastrous attempts to qualify for a Winston Cup race in the early 1990s. He also talks about racing in Super Touring, including the hilarious story behind his sponsorship by Virgin Cola, as well as racing in and winning the Bathurst 12 Hour with Mazda. Charlie also talks about coming back to race Carrera Cup in the 2000s and how it led to his final V8 Supercar race start at the 2004 Sandown 500 – and why that race remains a regret – and racing in V8 Utes. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: WAU confirms expansion for 2023
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship and there’s plenty going on despite being in the second week of the off-season, including Walkinshaw Andretti United confirming a two-car Super2 effort for next year. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Charlie O’Brien (Part 1)
We’re talking to Charlie O’Brien on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the first part of a two-part chat Charlie shares some amazing stories from early in his career, including getting caught racing under age and discretely resuming his career under his brother’s name, and the time he sold his grandfather’s favourite horse to buy a faster car. He also talks about buying Dick Johnson’s Zupps Torana XU-1 for his touring car debut then moving up to an L34 and setting a long-standing record for being the youngest driver to win an ATCC race, then landing his dream drive with the Holden Dealer Team – at precisely the wrong time. He also opens up about what really caused his infamous crash in practice for the 1978 Bathurst 1000 and his close friendship with Gregg Hansford. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Tander’s bombshell team switch
The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship might be over but there is still plenty of news for V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan to run you through, led by a bombshell announcement from Garth Tander who is leaving Triple Eight for a Ford team! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Craig Denyer
We’re talking to Craig Denyer on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Father of Grant and a veteran of the Australian motorsport scene, Denyer shares plenty of incredible stories from his time in racing, beginning with his first encounter with motorsport at a Hume Weir Boxing Day meeting in the late 1960s, through to racing himself, his part in Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey’s famous win in the 1986 Bathurst 1000, through to tales from the inaugural running of Gold Coast Indy, the birth of the Bathurst 24 Hour, plus the story of V8 Utes from go to woah – including the alternative he and Bill West proposed that lost out to SuperUtes. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Adam Macrow (Part 2)
We’re talking to Adam Macrow on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the last part of our two-part chat we talk about his title-winning Fujitsu Series season in 2006, the bold promise he made to seal the drive with Howard Racing in the first place and how a good word from Alain Menu helped get his foot in the door at Triple Eight. He also opens up on why a full-time drive never came his way and what he’d have done differently in hindsight. Adam did get one solo-driver round, however, and talks about how his unlikely opportunity with Team Kiwi Racing came about. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions plus the traditional V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Unpacking the 2023 Supercars calendar
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, led by some very big and exciting news: the Sandown 500 is officially BAAACCKKK!!!!! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage V8 Sleuth Super Sale: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/collections/v8-sleuth-super-sale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Adam Macrow (Part 1)
We’re talking to Adam Macrow on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the first part of our two-part chat with the 1998 Australian Formula Ford Champion and 2006 Fujitsu Series victor starts with what he’s doing now and how he’s helping the next generation of drivers take their first steps into car racing, and some of the current rising stars he has worked with. He also talks about his own start in the sport, his rise through Formula Ford, his brief foray into Formula Holden, his early steps into V8 Supercars, and his rapid Datsun 120Y Improved Production car! V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ In-car video of Macrow's IP Datsun 120Y in the wet at Phillip Island: https://youtu.be/eEczr-YozeM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Young gun gets Supercars graduation
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, led by some big news for one of Australian motorsport’s rising stars. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Steve Ellery (Part 2)
Part 2 with Steve Ellery on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco covers a serious amount of ground! We talk about that amazing double podium finish at Sandown and Bathurst with Luke Youlden in 2003, cover the unique situation of taking sponsor stickers off mid-race weekend in 2004 on the Gold Coast, the decision to close his family team, how he arrived at and then left Triple Eight and the full-time deal to drive a Commodore that he turned down in the aftermath. Steve also tackles the National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Supercars champ turns team co-owner
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship led by three-time Supercars Champion Scott McLaughlin’s move into team co-ownership. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Steve Ellery (Part 1)
We’re talking to Steve Ellery on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the first part of our two-part chat with the V8 Supercars race winner and former team owner, we chat about his early years in Formula Ford and what got him started in racing and the ups and downs of trying to make it in touring car racing in the 1990s/early 2000s, ranging from his breakthrough podium finish at the Bathurst 1000 in 1996, the collapse of his relationship with Tony Longhurst the next year, his often forgotten year with Holden Young Lions, narrowly missing out on a Bathurst win in 1999, and finally achieving success as an owner-driver. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: T8 customer goes in-house for Gen3
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship in the wake of a bruising Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: It’s back! Your guide to the VALO Adelaide 500
Adelaide is set to come Alive once again with the roar of Supercars! The iconic Adelaide 500 has been resurrected for 2022 and V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Will Dale runs you through everything you need to know about the reborn event. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Official Adelaide 500 website: https://adelaide500.com.au/ Buy Adelaide 500 tickets: https://adelaide500.com.au/ticketing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 preview
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship ahead of the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, including new liveries for Supercars’ return to the Surfers Paradise streets. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A - Suspended drivers, Cenovis Falcon’s fate, iconic Whincup on-board
You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Who owns the footage of Jamie Whincup’s opening stint from the 2014 Bathurst 1000? - The fate of Allan Moffat’s Cenovis EB Falcon after it’s Bathurst 1000 crash in 1998 with Allan Heath - Can teams build new Mustangs and Commodores to be used in Super2 next year? - What lost permanent circuit we’d bring back - The greatest year-on-year improvement in lap times at the Bathurst 500/1000 - What we’d choose as an exhibition at the National Motor Racing Museum - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Mark Larkham (Part 2)
We’re talking to Mark Larkham on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the second part of our two-part chat Larko tackles all your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions – and they’ve brought out some absolute gold! We also touch on which of his V8 Supercars was Larko’s favourite, what became of the AU Falcon that was involved in the infamous start-line shunt with Paul Morris at Oran Park in 2000, and Mark Winterbottom’s lucky escape at the Shanghai round in 2005 when a metal grate went through the floor of his Larkham Motor Sport Falcon. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Mark Larkham (Part 1)
We’re talking to Mark Larkham on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. We’ve devoted the first part of our two-part chat to talking about Larko’s first Mitre 10 Falcon V8 Supercar. He opens up about how he came to move from Formula Brabham to touring cars, why he chose 5L V8s over Super Touring, all the bits of clever engineering that went into the team’s bold, blue Ford Falcon EF, and how elements of it were ahead of its time but the car was so troublesome overall. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Win Gold Coast Supercars tickets: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/gc-comp/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Bathurst Daily: (No) Shootout Day wrap at the Bathurst 1000
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Will Dale wrap all the Saturday action at the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000, including the Shootout rainout, the last time pole wasn’t decided by the one-lap runoffs, a run through the grid and what we’re hoping to see happen on Sunday. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Win Gold Coast Supercars tickets: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/gc-comp/ Score a free hat from Caltex: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/caltex/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Bathurst Daily: Qualifying wrap at the Bathurst 1000
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Friday action at the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000, including Shane van Gisbergen’s tangle with Macauley Jones, Triple Eight’s decision to bench Broc Feeney for Jamie Whincup, and the surprise results from a very wet qualifying session. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Win Gold Coast Supercars tickets: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/gc-comp/ Score a free hat from Caltex: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/caltex/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Bathurst Daily: Thursday wrap at the Bathurst 1000
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Thursday’s action at the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000, including the lack of precipitation, the abundance of speed, and the word that was on many Supercars drivers’ lips at the end of the day – and no, it wasn’t “rain”… The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Win Gold Coast Supercars tickets: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/gc-comp/ Score a free hat from Caltex: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/caltex/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices